PDP has done so well over 13 years that this is now a recurring decimal. The space is big enough for a human or a 100kg bomb
sad. The guy wasnt spotted in naija and his body wasnt spotted at JFK. So much for Homeland Security.
Niger
ian Stowaway Dies in Arik’s Undercarriage

By Chinedu Eze

The dead body of a young Nigerian man was discovered Friday in the wheel well, the undercarriage compartment of an Arik Air aircraft, after it returned from a flight to New York, United States.

One of the airline’s officials who spoke to THISDAY said the deceased might have hidden himself in the wheel well for days and was crushed to death while the flight was airborne to the JF Kennedy Airport, New York, from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The official who spoke to THISDAY said the dead body was found during a check on the aircraft panel as it was being prepared for another flight and that the undercarriage compartment of the Airbus A340-500 is big enough to accommodate a person, besides the space for the tyres.

"He probably might have hidden himself there some days and died while the aircraft was on its way to New York. We found him when we were doing checks on the panel; the aircraft probably came back with him dead," the official said.

The source said that it is out of ignorance that people hide in the wheel well and plan to stowaway because "the compartment is not pressurised like the cabin of an aircraft and it is not heated, so survival is rare even if the person is not crushed by the wheels."

Pilots and aeronautical engineers familiar with the wheel well compartment said it is roomy enough to contain a human being, but it is highly unlikely that any one who hid there would come out alive after a flight that took several hours due to lack of oxygen.

The official attributed the incident to porous security at the airport, noting that "if having access to the airside is stringently prohibited, anybody that is not an official of airlines, handling companies and Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria would not gain access to the tarmac."

Another source said: "The security at the airport is very bad and that explains why somebody can gain access to the airside and inside the aircraft and no one will know.

Security around the cargo area is even worse and from there anybody can take anything into the tarmac. Now, it is a human being that is smuggled in; one day a dangerous object will be smuggled in."

THISDAY investigations revealed that stowaways connive with ground handling companies to access the airside and the wheel well.

"The handling company workers and the security operatives indulge in a lot of illicit activities at the airport and over the years there have been efforts to put a check on such excesses but every effort has so far failed," said another source.

In March 2010, a Nigerian, Okechukwu Okeke was found dead in the nose wheel compartment of the United States carrier, Delta Airline, Boeing B777 aircraft parked on the tarmac of the Lagos airport.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerian-stowaway-dies-in-arik-s-undercarriage/128849/

Desperation for greener pasture that aint even greener than ours!
So?

Na wa ooo

Some people get mind oo

ItsModella: Wow!! one can only wonder the level of frustration that made him do such a thing.

FRUSTRATION ? NO. DESIRE TO HAMMER ? YES

Ooboy nigeria bad like that! We dis guy won run by force

But why must some Nigerians fail to understand that money doesn’t grow on tree abroad. There are some people abroad suffering more than this dead man. He might have even parted with at least N100k to settle airport officials, so as to gain entrance to the compartment. That money is enough for him to start up little business here in Nigeria.

Hmmm....And That's How He Died. What A Pity

“The security at the airport is very bad and that explains why somebody can gain access to the airside and inside the aircraft and no one will know.

Now try to imagine if a Boko Haram member put a Bomb device in the undercarriage compartment of an aircraft and the plane explodes in midair?
The Airport Authority have to take security seriously or anybody can die.

Thousands of ways to die and he chose this one...huh?

and the Op is blaming PDP for this, na pesin send am,him been tink say money dey grow on trees abroad,is his condition worst than odas who stay and hustle here in nigeria?,

So sad...must have hid himself there thinking...when I awake, I would be in America, get a white girl pregnant, and live happily ever.

Poor creature, if he wasn't blinded by the hardship in the country, and ignorant about the dangers of what he was getting himself into, he wouldn't have engaged himself in such a silly risk.

RIP to d dead

Dammit. Its just not worth it

CrazyMan: So sad...must have hid himself there thinking...when I awake, I would be in America, get a white girl pregnant, and live happily ever.

Poor creature, if he wasn't blinded by the hardship in the country, and ignorant about the dangers of what he was getting himself into, he wouldn't have engaged himself in such a silly risk.

NA BEANS ? UNLESS NA 400LB CROSS EYED SNAGGLE TOOTH REDNECK HICK

Fhemmmy: What an horrible way to die

Very Horrible, Very Very Horrible. No Matter how Bad things were, with a little more determination, a little more focus, a little more energy, he could get ahead in life.

But No, he chose to do this. Sad how people make some decisions.

BTW, How did he plan to survive in the country he was heading to? Steal, perhaps?

ItsModella:
Why would one want to leave the country through any means possible if not for frustration? I doubt he even had any plans for the life he would have faced in America.

TRUST ME FRUSTRATION DID NOT CAUSE THAT. THIS IS A PERSON OF SOME MEANS AND RESOURCE TO BE STOWED IN THAT COMPARTMENT. HE PAID SOME WORKERS TO GET PAST ALL THAT SECURITY. WASNT FRUSTRATION. GREED MORE LIKE

Tooo bad.
R I P

obadiah777: NA BEANS ? UNLESS NA 400LB CROSS EYED SNAGGLE TOOTH REDNECK HICK

But na woman right?

Most guys won't mind getting married to their grand mum just for green card.

CrazyMan:
But na woman right?

Most guys won't mind getting married to their grand mum just for green card.

THATS WHY THEY SAY THE IQ OF THE CONTINENT IS BELOW 70. YOU WILL RATHER STOWAWAY AND THEN GET MARRIED TO A DECREPIT 90 YEAR OLD CORPSE WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE RELOCATING TO THE RESOURCE RICH PLACE YOU RAN AWAY FROM

Fhemmmy:

You mean all Nigerians in Yankee only marry ladies with those your descriptions? . . Na wa with how we give information

NAH I AINT SAYING THAT. HOWEVER THATS THE MOST LIKELY SITUATION. KEEP IN MIND HE WILL BE HOMELESS AND ILLEGAL AND BROKE

Very funny guy. He doesn't know that when he gets to the States,he is still going to face the border security before he can enter his "promise land". When they ask him for his passport to check his visa pass and all those questions,he would've woke up and smelt the coffee!!!.

Fhemmmy:

Greed of what? . . . Lol, someone looking for a greener pastures, cos all nollywood movies tells them is they are poor in Nigeria and they move to Yankee and they get a job and within a year, they are millionaire in Nigeria, and a man wanna try his luck, and now he is greedy, according to you?

YES ITS GREED. ITS CALLED 'LACK OF CONTENTMENT'. GREED.

I just want to take time to let people know that there are people who left Naija cos of security reasons....not everyone left for greener pasture....I have a friend that was attacked at his home by armed robbers and he was severely macheted....the fear na hin carry am run....one was even kidnapped...so...there are alot of reasons....this guy own...no one knows...

obadiah777: THATS WHY THEY SAY THE IQ OF THE CONTINENT IS BELOW 70. YOU WILL RATHER STOWAWAY AND THEN GET MARRIED TO A DECREPIT 90 YEAR OLD CORPSE WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE RELOCATING TO THE RESOURCE RICH PLACE YOU RAN AWAY FROM

It all falls back to bad leadership.

If the economy is good, no right thinking human would attempt such a silly act...I read a thread on the home page yesterday of how Rotimi acquired a brand new jet in the climax of the flooding crises in his state.

I think its time we start looking for credible leaders, people that are willing to serve and not thieves.